SORTA: a system for ontology-based re-coding and technical annotation of biomedical phenotype data.

ABSTRACT: There is an urgent need to standardize the semantics of biomedical data values, such as phenotypes, to enable comparative and integrative analyses. However, it is unlikely that all studies will use the same data collection protocols. As a result, retrospective standardization is often required, which involves matching of original (unstructured or locally coded) data to widely used coding or ontology systems such as SNOMED CT (clinical terms), ICD-10 (International Classification of Disease) and HPO (Human Phenotype Ontology). This data curation process is usually a time-consuming process performed by a human expert. To help mechanize this process, we have developed SORTA, a computer-aided system for rapidly encoding free text or locally coded values to a formal coding system or ontology. S

SUBMITTER: Pang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4574036 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature